E-Bbc MS BM 853c

Biblioteca Nacional de Catalunya/Biblioteca Central, Barcelona, Spain

fragment: end of 14th/ beginning of 15th cent.

Archive Biblioteca Nacional de Catalunya/Biblioteca Central, Barcelona, Spain (E-Bbc)
Shelfmark MS BM 853c
Surface Parchment
Measurements 350 x 240 mm
Notations
  • black void mensural
External Links
Provenance
Contents Contains 7 compositions, 2 from 2 composers, 5 are anonymous.
General Description

Fragments of a manuscript. Their provenance is unknown, but their size and the meticulous work with which they have been written suggest that the original manuscript belonged to an important institution, such as the Royal Chapel of Aragon.

Concordances & Cognates:

  • APT - Apt, Cathédrale Sainte-Anne, Bibliothèque du Chapitre, 16bis

  • BA1 - Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya, BM 853b

  • BA2 - Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya 971 (olim 946)

  • BA3 - Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya 971c

  • BO1 - Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria 2216

  • BO2 - Bologna, Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale, Ms Q 15.

  • BRU - Brussels, Bibliothèque du Conservatoire Royal de Musique, fonds St. Gudule, 2nd Fragment

  • GER - Gerona, Archivo Capitular, frag. 33/II

  • GRO - Grottaferrata, Badia Greca, Biblioteca, collocazione provisoria 197

  • KER - Kernaskléden, frescoes in the church of Notre Dame

  • MAD - Madrid, Archivo Histórico Nacional, Carpeta 1474, frag. 17

  • PAD - Padua, Biblioteca Universitaria 684

  • STR - Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Municipale (olim Bibliothèque de la Ville) 222 C. 22

  • WAS - Washington, Library of Congress, M 2.1.C 6a. 14

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Physical Description

Originally, the fragment consisted of eight folios, but the folio that would be number seven has been removed and is lost.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Ruling

nine red systems per page

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Foliation

Foliation (arabic numbers) in pencil

DIAMM, 2020
Decoration

The initials are partly doubled in red

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Surface

Parchment

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7v (formerly 8v)

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1 Rex immense majestatis et summe / Dulcis, potens, pater pie - Anonymous

Rex immense majestatis et summe / Dulcis, potens, pater pie

Anonymous
Appears on: 1
Genres: Motet
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Rex immense magestatis et summe / Dulcis, potens, pater pie
General Note
1v–2 Kyrie: Ave desiderii / Cum partu mirabilis - Anonymous

Kyrie: Ave desiderii / Cum partu mirabilis

Anonymous
Appears on: 1v–2
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Troped Kyrie
Number of voices: 4
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Kyrie: [A]ve desiderii / [C]um partu mirabilis
2 Kyrie eleison - Anonymous

Kyrie eleison

Anonymous
Appears on: 2
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Number of voices: 2
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Kyrie
2v–4v Gloria, semper flore amenissismus - Anonymous

Gloria, semper flore amenissismus

Anonymous
Appears on: 2v–4v
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Troped Gloria
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Gloria, ... semper flore amenissismus
5 Kyrie eleison -
Guymont (fl. 14th century)

Kyrie eleison

Guymont (fl. 14th century)
Appears on: 5
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: Kyrie eleison
5v–6v Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] - Anonymous

Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]

Anonymous
Appears on: 5v–6v
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Number of voices: 4
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Credo (fragment)
7r–7v (formerly 8-8v) Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] -
Perrinet (1375–1425)

Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]

Perrinet (1375–1425)
Appears on: 7r–7v (formerly 8-8v)
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
Number of voices: 3
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: Credo (patrem omnipotentem)
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Guymont (14th century)
Perrinet (1375-1425)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Gloria, semper flore amenissismus Anonymous 2v–4v
Kyrie eleison Anonymous 2
Kyrie eleison
Guymont (fl. 14th century)
5
Kyrie: Ave desiderii / Cum partu mirabilis Anonymous 1v–2
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo] Anonymous 5v–6v
Patrem omnipotentem [Credo]
Perrinet (1375–1425)
7r–7v (formerly 8-8v)
Rex immense majestatis et summe / Dulcis, potens, pater pie Anonymous 1

Images © Biblioteca Nacional de Catalunya, Barcelona

‡ denotes primary source study

Gómez Muntané, Maria del Carmen. 1978. Neue Quellen mit mehrstimmiger geistlicher Musik des 14. Jahrhunderts in Spanien. Acta Musicologica, 50: 208ff.

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